Method of making dress-forms.



E. WOOD.

METHOD OF MAKING DRESS FORMS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I8. 1913.

Patented. Oct. 24,

LQUQ33 limb ELIZA WOOD, OF SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA.

METHOD OF MAKING- DRESS-FORMS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24h 19116.

Application filed March 18, 1913. Serial No. 755,208.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZA l/VOOD, a citizen of the Jnited States, residing at Shawnee, in the county of Pottawatomie and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Methods of Making DressFor1ns, of which. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dress makers forms and the method of making the same.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to produce a form in the simplest and most inexpensive manner which will be an exact reproduction of the form of the person to which the garment is to be fitted.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the form. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view therethrough.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a base of any suitable character which has projecting vertically therefrom a standard 2 provided with the set screw 3. This standard supports the form which consists of a base board 4 and a body constructed of the inner lining 5, the coating and impregnating layer 6 of plaster and the outer covering of paper 7. The body is provided with overhanging flanges 8 and a collar 9. The flanges 8 are provided to insure proper fit of the sleeves and to prevent wrinkling of the garment at this point when fitted over the form.

In carrying out the method of producing the form a lining 5 is taken which is constructed of any suitable material, preferably material which is cheap and yet has the qualities of absorbing or taking up a quantity of semi-liquid plaster Paris or similar material. This lining 5 is fitted to the person for whom the garment is intended by pinning the same tightly and smoothly over the corset and extending the same down to the lower portion of the hips. after the first fitting the waist thus formed is properly stayed, and the waist again fitted to the person and pinned verv tight in the back. It is then removed and stitched up the back and throughout the collar. A rubber bag is then placed in the form and inflated until the waist tightly fits the same, at which time the waist is given a coat of semi-liquid plaster Paris which partially impregnates the fabric, and is then allowed to harden. The form is then stuffed with excelsior, oaper or other similar material and the base board t tacked or otherwise secured thereto. The entire form is then covred with paper or any other material desired, the paper or other material being preferably pasted to the plaster Paris coat. The form is then ready to have the waist fitted thereover. It will also be noticed that with a form of this character skirts may be fitted upon the same and as the standard is adjustable the device is adapted for use with persons of varying heights.

What is claimed is 2- The process of making a formwhich consists of first shaping an inner lining to the proper bust configuration, thereafter applying an inflatable backing inside of and against said lining, then inflating the inflatable backing to cause said lining to tightly fit the same, thereafter applying a plastic coating against the outer surface of said lining, then applying a proper outer lining upon said plastic coating, and lastly stuffing the form with a suitable material.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIZA WOOD. -Witnesses Mrs. E. L. Esrns, Mrs. E. E. RADFORD.

,Gopiles of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatenta. Washington, D. 0. 

